Are you telling us that no questions were asked because the man served previously as a minister and governor, despite the fact that he belongs to a different party? Does this really make sense?

Nigerian politics is on a different level.

Don't get, as vulture meat or what? Denmanna you now into human parts, eh manna?.

Nigeria is a joke..

Is that to say his dtrwoards as a minster was without lapses?

Instead of atiku to follow wike wey Sabi,e Dy busy they support ayu wey nor get anything to offer....wike is a smart politician he knows how to win ..... Check his records u do b surprise he never lose a case....won river to tinube,still in pdp, kicked ayu out from his position ,hand over his governor seat to pdp his loyalist, lastly also got position for himself....hate him or not.... This guy is a winner..someone I will like to see as president of this country

Tomek09:
PDP is a useless party to have allowed Wike weird so much power in the party. Shameless idiots

Nothing they would have done.
He that pays the pipers dictates the tune.
When PDP government collapsed at the center in 2015,Rivers state and Akwa Jbom state become the major if not the only financier of the party in the 36 states of the federation and the FCT.
So Wike has to exercise the most power in the party.

Bunch of jokers. How can you screen someone without knowing the ministry such a fellow wants to head. This goes to all the ministrial nominees.

What? So this thing they said about Nigeria is true o o.......? The pertinent question now is, why did the police asked the poor bike man that day why he carry two people

JASONjnr:
Someone who delivered Rivers to Tinubu can never be grilled.....


Tinubu gave an order for him to bow and pass ....


We're looking at this 10th assembly.... Praying that we don't get to experience another rubber stamp senate president.

Nothing good would come out of this senate

EBMedia:


https://punchng.com/why-senators-didnt-grill-wike-akpabio/

Seun Lalasticlala Mynd44 mukina2

Never believe a politician

SmartPolician:
You want to grill someone without knowing the ministerial position he is coming to occupy. Is it not when you know the position someone was appointed for before you assess his suitability? We are not serious in this country.

Duh, the President can swap ministerial roles at his discretion. They are not going there to chook injection.

Banana republic

A banana republic.

The fortunate Nigerians are those that have Japa.

helinues:
Those who used to brag to call Wike Mr Project have turned their back and saying something else.

Wike they claimed would be relegated after the election has been approved by the Senate as a minister which nothing any baga can do about it

Nothing nobody will do about it. People just de get bad belle de follow the man

The same Senate that said it won't be business as usual , I still believe we don't need the American type of democracy in Nigeria.
It's waste of resources.

Reloadedisraelp:
Instead of atiku to follow wike wey Sabi,e Dy busy they support ayu wey nor get anything to offer....wike is a smart politician he knows how to win ..... Check his records u do b surprise he never lose a case....won river to tinube,still in pdp, kicked ayu out from his position ,hand over his governor seat to pdp his loyalist, lastly also got position for himself....hate him or not.... This guy is a winner..someone I will like to see as president of this country

People don't want to understand that he is one of the brightest politicians in todays Nigeria

He said Wike had appeared before the Senate for screening when he was nominated as a minister by ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan.


Because he appeared once that's why they didn't grill him....
How many years back...!
Unserious senate

SmartPolician:
You want to grill someone without knowing the ministerial position he is coming to occupy. Is it not when you know the position someone was appointed for before you assess his suitability? We are not serious in this country.

I was asking the same question too, how does the screening work, when they don't even have portiolio, so what will the Senate be accessing?

Wodu89:
It's acheive success at all cost or nothing.


It's either the top class or you're dead broke. Just be successful or nothing.

Rotten society with no middle class

ha! What a wicked country.

Image123:


Duh, the President can swap ministerial roles at his discretion. They are not going there to chook injection.

then what is the purpose of screening then? Are you not suppose to judge their ability, knowledge understanding based on the ministry they plan to occupy? Is that not how things were done in the past? So why call it screening? What will the Senate then be accessing?

SmartPolician:
You want to grill someone without knowing the ministerial position he is coming to occupy. Is it not when you know the position someone was appointed for before you assess his suitability? We are not serious in this country.

I totally agree with you on this one. The law should say that anyone nominated should already be assigned a ministry; hence it will allow for proper verification and questioning of their capacity to perform. I'm against this process of just sending names without portfolios.

BigRocky:
Another rubber stamp loading.

Akpabio will be more Terrible than Ahmed lawan.

You don forget say na pady pady govt we d run for this country

Useless people

leokid866:
Who else can see Wike as Minister of Petroleum.....🤔

Tinubu won't make that mistake.
Wike is not a technocrat but rather a push and start slave driver. Tinubu knows the implication of putting someone like wike in a sensitive ministry like petroleum unless he, tinubu, will be the senior minister and wike junior.
As a rivers resident, I can tell you that will is not a good manager of men and resources. About will come to the open whenever he losses his grip on Rivers state govt house. What you see and feel as peace in rivers is a serious case of suppression and oppression thru the instrumentality of state.
This is my humble opinion about Wike's personality and his chances of becoming the petroleum minister.

What a useless and hopeless country! The so-called Senate needs to do away with the appearance of these appointees for confirmation before it. In the Nigerian context, the appearance of a ministerial appointee before the Senate committee serves no useful purpose. It's more or less a mere formality and a right of passage for these nominees. The process itself is totally flawed from the beginning as these men and women of easy virtue are nominated not for specific positions. Otherwise, how can you appoint a minister NOT for a specific portfolio before he appears for confirmation by the Senate? In civilized societies, individuals are nominated to specific positions in government before appearing for confirmation by the Senate. For instance, when Lyod Austin was appointed as secretary of Defense, he knew what portfolio he would be heading and so are the Senators who would grill him during his confirmation hearing to make sure that he was qualified for the position. The same thing with Tony Blinken for Secretary of State. None of them were put as heads of their various departments after they were confirmed by the Senate. So, your Senate confirmation process is NOTHING but a JOKE and a waste of precious time and effort!

Wike then (with dignity) and Wike now (without dignity) are two different personalities. So he should be quizzed.

Gathering of criminals. Nigeria is doomed

Forget it, nothing is changing.


At least not with the crooks I am seeing.

Shattuck:
then what is the purpose of screening then? Are you not suppose to judge their ability, knowledge understanding based on the ministry they plan to occupy? Is that not how things were done in the past? So why call it screening? What will the Senate then be accessing?

They were asked questions na, you can watch it or rewatch it on youtube. And also watch past screenings. Most of Nigeria's screening at Senate level is usually take a bow. i am not historically aware of any minister that did not pass Senate screening since 1999. No be by Senate screening or even CV. Minister's role is administrative. They are not expected to know how to sow cloth or cut hair or change oil filter.

SmartPolician:
You want to grill someone without knowing the ministerial position he is coming to occupy. Is it not when you know the position someone was appointed for before you assess his suitability? We are not serious in this country.

Tinubu dribbled them again. I expected the opposition not to allow screening without portfolio, but the clowns that call themselves opposition are a bunch of idiots

EBMedia:


https://punchng.com/why-senators-didnt-grill-wike-akpabio/

Seun Lalasticlala Mynd44 mukina2

How ame an explanation. And he is the Senate president

Every educated intelligent person should join politics. Guys is time to take this country back. You might not win election today but you will begin to influence how this folks emerge as leaders